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22 Apr 2008, 5:05 am
To celebrate Earth Day 2008, check out National Geographic's Green Guide, and the "seven simple ideas for change. [read post]
22 Apr 2008, 4:56 am
The New York Times reports that the FDA has identified 12 Chinese companies that supplied contaminated heparin (an anti-coagulant) to 11 countries, including the United States. [read post]
21 Apr 2008, 11:14 am
Crocs (the footwear, not the amphibians) have been in my life a lot lately. [read post]
21 Apr 2008, 5:54 am
John Goldberg (Vanderbilt) takes on what he sees as ten items of conventional wisdom about tort law that don't stand up to close scrutiny in this SSRN posting (to be published in Valparaiso Law Review). [read post]
19 Apr 2008, 6:08 am
Jean Eggen (Widener) has posted Toxic Torts at Ground Zero on SSRN. [read post]
19 Apr 2008, 5:30 am
Ed Lazarus has an interesting Writ column discussing the limitations of tort law in remedying wrongdoing, especially mass wrongdoing, framed with the recent decertification of the "light" cigarette class action. [read post]
18 Apr 2008, 10:45 am
Widener's Crimtorts Symposium podcast is now available here. [read post]
18 Apr 2008, 6:17 am
In 2003, Pennsylvania, via both the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and the legislature, instituted several medical malpractice reforms. [read post]
17 Apr 2008, 5:05 am
Kenneth Simons (Boston) has posted Tort Negligence, Cost-Benefit Analysis and Tradeoffs: A Closer Look at the Controversy on SSRN. [read post]
17 Apr 2008, 4:34 am
A U.S. government agency agreed yesterday that Bisphenol A (BPA), a compound in polycarbonate plastics, has potential danger. [read post]
16 Apr 2008, 8:35 am
The headline in the local paper is that Six Flags defended its maintenance practices, but it really doesn't -- it says its people acted appropriately, but doesn't do anything to actually distance itself from the revelations yesterday that the staff... [read post]
16 Apr 2008, 5:10 am
The New Jersey Law Journal (via law.com) reports on a decision last week by the New Jersey Supreme Court upholding the sports venue "limited duty rule," which applies to objects leaving the field (or ice as the case may be)... [read post]
16 Apr 2008, 4:50 am
The New York Times examines the practice of ghost-writing medical research studies that are subsequently published in medical journals such as JAMA: The drug maker Merck drafted dozens of research studies for a best-selling drug, then lined up prestigious doctors... [read post]
15 Apr 2008, 7:25 am
The Senate Appropriations Committee is holding a hearing today on the FDA's fiscal year 2009 budget. [read post]
15 Apr 2008, 4:46 am
It's only tangentially torts-related, but still, this Talking Points Memo post is pretty interesting (and generally apolitical), exploring the alternative theory being pitched for the cause of the Titanic's sinking. [read post]
15 Apr 2008, 12:07 am
Jim Beck & Mark Herrmann (at Drug & Device Blog) will be co-hosting the American Conference Institute's Drug and Device Preemption Conference from July 14-15, 2008, in Philadelphia. [read post]
14 Apr 2008, 12:14 pm
In reaction to the Virginia Tech shootings, the Washington Post reports, several Virginia legislators are considering increasing the cap on state damages, which has been set at $100,000 since 1993. [read post]
14 Apr 2008, 5:00 am
The AP reports that the maintenance staff at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom failed in several potentially material ways to properly maintain the cables on the drop ride that later severed a girl's feet. [read post]
13 Apr 2008, 4:58 pm
In a torts exam come to life, a woman is suing PetSmart after her husband received a liver from a woman who had been infected by a hamster adopted from PetSmart. [read post]
13 Apr 2008, 1:42 pm
TortsProf goes in search of the mystery owners (and read the comments). [read post]
